Zara felt restless as she shuffled back to the banquet hall. She tried to fathom why the Neela king was so interested in knowing whether she loved her late husband, however, she couldn't wrap her head around it, so she settled that King Luther had probably sent him. After all, he was in a friendly relationship with him. Zara couldn't take the risk of King Luther finding out that she was very much in love with her late husband. No, she just couldn't.However, for some reason, she was extremely guilty. She felt like she was betraying her husband by saying she didn't ever love him. It pained her heart.As she walked into the banquet hall, Zane immediately came to meet his mother. "Mother, why did the masked king ask to see you? what did you two talk about?" He asked, staring at his mother curiously.Zara crouched to his size. "Zane, it was nothing important," she tells him. However, Zane knew it was a lie. It had to be something important or the masked king wouldn't ask to see his moth
After what felt like ages, Carl decides to step back into his chamber, however, he was met with a surprise. He saw a little figure on his bed, sound asleep. To say he was stunned was an understatement. Carl didn't know how to react he was utterly confused. 'Who is the child and how did he get in, when I locked the door,' Carl mulled, taking slow strides toward the bed.As the little boy's back was turned to him, he couldn't see his face, until he went to the other side of the bed.Zane! Carl muttered, in disbelief. He had expected a random child, not Zara's son. What could Zara's son be doing in his chamber? That to sleeping on his bed by this time of the night. Where is his mother?Many questions, were starting to run through Carl's mind, as he stared at the little boy, and again the incident he fought so hard to forget for the time being came flooding back into his mind.He had gone to the balcony to get fresh and take in the view of Morana, maybe that would help him forget Zara. A
Meanwhile, Zane wakes up to find himself in a strange room, and without his mother. 'Where am I?' He pondered, glancing around the room until his gaze landed on Carl, who stared at him with his face devoid of any emotion.Zane instantly recalled that he came to Carl's chamber last night to inquire about his discussion with his mother, but found his golden mask instead of him.Realizing that, Zane tilts his gaze back to the gold mask in his hands, then to Carl, whose face was covered with a cloth. 'If only I didn't sleep off, I would have seen the Neela King's face, however, it's impossible now,' Zane thought.Although he was keen on asking Carl his questions, it was daybreak and he didn't want his mother to worry, so he decided to forget about it and leave instead.Zane climbed out of the bed, scurrying toward the door without glancing at Carl or saying anything to him. However, Carl quickly blocked his path, while looking stunned. He was stunned to see the little boy leaving without
In a cold dark cell, Zara's arms were chained to a wall. She could barely stand as her leg were numb from standing and crouching for so long. And also from the immense pain, she felt all over her body. Pain caused by constant torture. However, her pain was not only physical but also an inner one, as she was eight and a half months pregnant. She felt pain in her lower abdomen and her v-area. And to add to it, there were injuries all over her body.After the war eight months ago, Zara and her people were held captive by King Luther, who defeated them in a war and took over their kingdom.He brutally murdered and tortured her people, making them slaves in their own home...Zara felt like she would die any time soon. The pain was getting unbearable. And she felt weak and cold. Even amidst her pain, Zara didn't cry. No, she couldn't cry. It was like her tears were all gone and dried up.Her first five months in the dungeon, were the worst as she was constantly whipped and starved. And to
Zara's screams echoed all over the dungeon. As they trashed, and burn her with metal. The men showed her no mercy, even though she was pregnant. They hit her where ever they wanted, even in her protruding stomach.King Luther watched the scene with content and amusement. It was like Zara's screams of pain, brought him great pleasure. He was excited.Amidst her pain, Zara was more scared for her baby. She was scared of losing it. And at that moment, she could feel her spirit slowly leaving her body, as the pain was so unbearable. 'No, I can't die like this, I can't,' Zara mulled. She knew she was the only hope her people had, so if she had to lose her pride, in other to save them, she was ready to do just that. Besides, what use is pride, if she lost her life.With tears in her eyes, Zara said, "King Luther, I will do whatever you want, I will lick your feet, please spare my life and spare my people." Then she passed out.King Luther was overjoyed. 'It took only a little effort to brea
IN AZRAEL Eight months earlier Ashira, do you think Carl would make it?""I can't give you any assurance king Alan. If the gods are on his side, he might make it. Otherwise, you'll have to prepare a grave for your son-in-law."King Alan and queen Lyarra were saddened by the news. Carl was the only hope of the six nations. Before it was seven nations, but now that king Luther took over his late son's kingdom(Neptune) and Carl's kingdom, merging them into one, it was now six kingdoms.If Carl were to lose his life, what would happen to his queen and his people? The news of King Luther's brutal torture and killing was everywhere, and they knew it was only a matter of time before he attacked their nation. After all, he was now the strongest king in Mercury, and the three kingdoms who were against him, would not be able to stand him even if they were to join forces."Ashira, please you'll have to do whatever it takes to save our son-in-law. You know
They were stunned and gave Carl a look of disbelief. There's no way they would go to Morana(Everton and Neptune) and come back alive. King Luther was surely going to murder them."Carl, you have to reconsider. You can't just match to Morana with five thousand. It's suicide_ King Luther is not someone you can easily defeat even if you take your five thousand men and the whole of Azrael's force.Carl scowled deeply. "Then should I just sit back and watch King Luther brutally murder my people," he rasped, sending shivers down the spine of everyone present.They could tell that Carl was not the same man from eight months back, he was someone else. Someone with a lot of anger and pain inside, so even king Alan and Queen Lyarra filtered their words before they spoke."That's not what we mean Carl, but now is not the right time to go to Morana. King Luther did not just merge Everton and Neptune, he has Nedal and Crystal-Ville at his palm. They are subject state now, and they answer to him. S
Zara and King Luther's wedding was held immediately after she denounced Carl. To the world, she was the wife of King Luther and the queen of Morana, but inside the palace, Zara was nothing more than a slave. "Zara, although we're married, you're still my slave. You're expected to do everything a slave does. And you will only eat the scraps that fall at my feet," King Luther tells her. Zara let out a sad smile, as she sat on the cold floor beside king Luther with an iron collar around her neck. She glanced around the throne room, which now looked like a whore house with her face wrinkled in disgust. She who used to be a queen has been reduced to a state of nothingness and is now been humiliated. Sad tears trickled down Zara's eyes as she blamed her ill fate. 'Maybe I did something bad in my past life, that's why the gods are punishing me,' she pondered, dabbing her hands over her eyes. Although King Luther, kept his word and stopped torturing and killing her people, he still made t